With the Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker, and her friends well on their way to landing back on our screens, the next series is set to welcome an exciting host of new directors and both new and returning writers.
Review – Cleanin’ Up The Town (Ghostbusters Documentary)
CLEANIN’ UP THE TOWN: Remembering Ghostbusters, is the definitive retrospective documentary, resulting from twelve years of research and production from film-making duo Anthony & Claire Bueno. It charts the making of the original 1984 Ghostbusters, featuring interviews with director Ivan Reitman, and lead cast Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. 
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Review: Torchwood – Dead Man’s Switch
Review by Michael Goleniewski
Dead Man’s Switch represents this particular critic’s first foray into Torchwood audio dramas. While being somewhat familiar with the show and its characters and stories, they had never grabbed me as anything that was absolutely required listening especially with the last television season ‘Miracle Day’ leaving a particularly nasty taste in my mouth.
The Batman Casts Jayme Lawson in ‘Unknown Role’
Up-and-coming actress Jayme Lawson, who recently graduated from Juilliard, has landed a notable role alongside Robert Pattinson in The Batman.
Review: Short Trips – Hall of the Ten Thousand
Review by Jacob Licklider
Big Finish’s Doctor Who: Short Trips range provides an excellent writing opportunity for new writers for the company to test their strength in a short story format. The 30-40 minute short story format with a single narrator almost forces writers to become creative with how they approach telling a story. November 2019’s release is one such story from a new writer, Jaine Fenn, who before working for Big Finish has written several science fiction novels. Hall of the Ten Thousand is her debut Short Trip, an Eighth Doctor story set early in his run narrated by India Fisher in character as Charley Pollard.
Disney+ UK Launch Date Announced
There has been a lot of news coming out about the upcoming Disney+ streaming service and the new shows and movies that will be on offer.
The release of Disney+ has been announced as November 12th in the USA and they have announced release dates for many other countries however they have not confirmed the service would be coming to the UK…until now.
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Sequel Date Set
Sophie Aldred returns to the Doctor Who universe in new book
The Thirteenth Doctor meets Ace in a new book by Sophie Aldred.
BBC Books will publish Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End, the first epic novel from Sophie Aldred, who played the Seventh Doctor’s companion Ace. Continue reading
Review – In Search Of Darkness: The Definitive 80’s Horror Documentary
In Search of Darkness is a 2019 documentary film written and directed by David A. Weiner and executive produced by Robin Block of CreatorVC Studios.
The film explores the development and lasting impact of the horror film genre during the 1980s, and features interviews with numerous horror icons both from that decade and from the modern era, along with popular horror influencers.
Review: Doctor Who – Interstitial/Feast of Fear
Review by Jacob Licklider
There is something incredibly important to be said about these double releases for the main range. They have their pros and cons: they allow double the story, but only half the time which can create issues in depth of characterisation; but what they may do best is allow two new writers to introduce listeners to their style and their shot to write for Big Finish Productions.
